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The 51st New Zealand Parliament was elected at the 2014 general election. This Parliament consists of 121 members (120 seats plus one overhang seat) and will be in place from September 2014 until the next New Zealand general election (most likely in 2017). Following the final vote count John Key was able to continue to lead the Fifth National Government. The Parliament was elected using the mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) voting system. Members of Parliament (MPs) represent 71 geographical electorates: 16 in the South Island, 48 in the North Island and 7 Māori electorates. The remaining members were elected from party lists using the Sainte-Laguë method to realise proportionality. The number of geographical electorates was increased from 70 at the previous election, to account for New Zealand's increasing population.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/electorates/reviewing-electorates.html )〕 ==Electorate boundaries for 51st Parliament== The Representation Commission is tasked with reviewing electorate boundaries every five years following each New Zealand census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/electorates/rep-comm-overview.html )〕 The last review was undertaken in 2007 following the 2006 census, and the electorate boundaries determined then were used in both the and general elections.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/electorates/rep-comm-faqs.html#gen3 )〕 The next census was scheduled for 8 March 2011, but it was postponed due to the disruption caused by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake on 22 February . The census was formally conducted on 5 March 2013 with additional data collection over the following several weeks, Following the census it was determined there would be sufficient time to conduct a boundary review of all electorates. The boundaries were redrawn based on population distribution and the Māori electoral option, where people of Māori descent can opt to be either on the general or the Māori roll. By law, the South Island must have 16 general electorates, with the number of North Island general and Māori electorates being the respective population in each group divided by one-sixteenth of the South Island general electorate population, within a tolerance of five percent. At the 2011 election, there were 47 North Island general electorates and seven Māori electorates, totalling 70 electorates across the country.〔 Following significant consultation final boundaries were released by the Representation Commission on 17 April 2014. The 2014 general election was conducted under these boundaries on 20 September 2014. The increase in population in the Auckland region as recorded in the 2013 census meant an extra electorate was required to keep all electorates within five percent of their quota. To accommodate an extra electorate the Electoral Commission proposed major changes in west Auckland by abolishing the Waitakere electorate and establishing two new electorates, namely Kelston and Upper Harbour. Boundaries within Christchurch changed substantially, with several electorates growing and decreasing due to population movement around the city since the 2010–11 Christchurch earthquakes. In particular a dramatic change was seen in the electorates of , and with lesser changes in , and . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「51st New Zealand Parliament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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